Regiment: London Regiment 1/7th City of London Battalion

1/7th (City of London) Battalion
04.08.1914 Stationed at Finsbury Square as part of the 2nd London Brigade of the 1st London Division and then moved to Bisley and then Crowborough.
05.11.1914 Moved to Watford and transferred to the 4th London Brigade of the 2nd London Division.
18.03.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre.
11.05.1915 The formation became the 140th Brigade of the 47th Division and engaged in various actions on the Western front including;
1915
The Battle of Aubers Ridge, The Battle of Festubert, The Battle of Loos, The subsequent Actions of the Hohenzollern Redoubt.
1916
The German attack at Vimy Ridge, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of the Transloy Ridges, The attacks on the Butte de Warlencourt.
1917
The Battle of Messines, The Battle of Pilkem Ridge, The Third Battles of Ypres, The Cambrai Operations.
02.02.1918 Absorbed the 2/7th Battalion to become the 7th Battalion and transferred to the 174th Brigade of the 58th Division;
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of the Avre, The Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, The Battle of Amiens, The Battle of Albert, The Second Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Epehy, The general final advance in Artois.
11.11.1918 Ended the war at Grosage south of Ath, Belgium.

Last Name
Address
Narrative
ELDON GROVE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
08/11/1917
       
Aged
39
BORN SOUTHPORT, LANCS, 1879. FOSTER BROTHER OF MR A A MONTGOMERY, 'GLEDHOLT', ELDON GROVE. WIFE CHARLOTTE, LONDON. MARGARINE WORKS MANAGER.
12 ST MARY'S AVENUE, HARROGATE, , NORTH YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
22/03/1918
       
Aged
30
BORN PATRINGTON 1887. SON OF SIEGFRIED & RACHEL OPET OF HARROGATE & 1 QUEENS STREET, WITHERNSEA. HIS PARENTS RAN A DRAPERY BUSINESS. HE SERVED AS RIFLEMAN, 4813 AND LANCE CORPORAL, 302899, 5TH LONDON REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 28/08/1916. RECEIVED GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THE LEG ON 17/09/1916. COMMISSIONED 27/11/1917. HE SERVED AS […]